Every year, Sports Illustrated writer Conor Orr publishes his list of players around the NFL who have a good chance of making the Pro Bowl for the first time. It’s an interesting compilation this year, per usual, and it even features a Los Angeles Ram (more on him shortly).
But we’re going to take it a step further and more specific: Who are the most likely Rams to earn their first Pro Bowl nod this year?
Obviously, the Pro Bowl is not the be-all, end-all. It’s voted on by fans so there’s always variance,
tons of players opt out annually and the third, fourth, fifth options at any given positions are generally ridiculous (Shedeur Sanders was a Pro Bowler last season, for crying out loud). Still, it is an achievement and generally, if you’re a first choice, you earned your way there, plus it’s wider ranging than All-Pro nominees.
With all that in mind, here are six Rams with the best chance of earning Pro Bowl recognition for the first time 2026.
Kevin Dotson
Dotson is the Ram that Orr listed in the original piece, after a long prologue outlining both the challenge for offensive linemen to reach the Pro Bowl in the current NFC as well as the limited recognition for Rams linemen during the McVay era. Orr’s closing thoughts on Dotson make an exceptionally strong case, specifically detailing his impact on the run game, which was all-time elite for the Rams last season. Dotson played 15 games last season, and in those games Los Angeles was first in the NFL rush EPA. Without him, the Rams dropped to 16th in rush EPA for those two games.
As far as interior linemen go, it wouldn’t be a shock if Steve Avila made a run at the Pro Bowl, too.
Alaric Jackson
Maybe it’s foolish to suggest this many offensive linemen could be Pro Bowlers for the Rams, let alone first timers, given the fact that McVay’s Rams have only had one Pro Bowl offensive linemen during his tenure. But Jackson is one of the better starting left tackles in the NFC right now, and a plus blindside protector on a Super Bowl contender is going to get plenty of plaudits around the league.
Of course, this is contingent on him playing the majority of the season, which we’ve covered extensively here at TST. But he’s been stellar when on the field; with Mike Clay’s offensive line composite grades at ESPN listing him as tied for the fifth-best left tackle in the league. Just this past week, Andy Herman, a podcaster who covers the Green Bay Packers, did a segment on his show about the Rams and Aaron Donald and mentioned Jackson, saying about the left tackle: “I honestly think he might be one of the most underrated players in the NFL.” That’s a completely unaffiliated content creator, who follows a different NFC contender, making that comment. The league is taking notice and that could get Jackson a nod this year.
Colby Parkinson
Parkinson has never been a huge statistical producer. In fact, last season was the most productive of his six-year career and he tallied a whopping 408 yards and just 9.5 yards per reception (in fairness, eight touchdowns is a strong number for a tight end).
But he’s something of the face of the 13 personnel movement the Rams have started and mastered, at least relative to the rest of the league. His versatility as both a pass catcher and blocker opens up that portion of the playbook for McVay and the Rams in a way few other tight ends in the league can. There’s a lot of competition at tight end in the NFC when you factor in the likes of Trey McBride, Tucker Kraft, George Kittle and Colston Loveland, all of whom will probably put up huge numbers in 2026 (pending injury recovery for Kraft and Kittle), but it’s not out of the realm of possibility for Parkinson to get there.
Blake Corum
This one is more of a remote possibility, but it’s not impossible. The starting running back job still belongs to Kyren Williams for now, but Corum was exceptionally efficient in 2025, rushing for 5.1 yards per attempt and finishing second in the NFL in EPA among all qualified running backs. Not only that, but he was second in the league in percentage of runs that went for 10+ yards, only behind Miami’s Devon Achane. It will take a bigger carry load in 2026, but another year with that kind of production in the most efficient rushing attack in the league is the path to the Pro Bowl for Corum.
Jaylen Watson
Finally, some attention on the defense. Watson is the former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback with the lower profile of the two the Rams brought in this year (the other being multi-time All-Pro Trent McDuffie), but there’s a reasonable path to him generating attention league-wide this year. Los Angeles has solid safety play, McDuffie is an elite slot player with well above-average talent on the boundary as well and the Rams will likely play from ahead in plenty of games this season. That means opponents will be throwing a lot to keep up, and will probably try to keep the ball away from McDuffie as much as possible. Watson just set a new career high with two interceptions one year ago. He’ll need a few more of them this season, but you can envision a reasonable way for him to accomplish that.
Kobie Turner
You can thank the Myles Garrett effect for this one. That’s not to diminish Turner, who has been a very good player over the last three years and has 24 career sacks, a thoroughly impressive number for a young interior player. But Garrett is going to attract even more attention and should open up even more favorable matchups for Turner inside, just like he should for the other starter on the edge, Byron Young (who was already a Pro Bowler last season). Turner was arguably a Pro Bowl snub last season, so getting there
